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...~«==%§@   IF YOU FOLLOW A DIRT ROAD NORTH JUST   @§%==«~...
....~«==%§   WITHIN THE SECOND RING, AND NAVIGATE   §%==«~....
.....~«==% THE OVERGROWN MAZE OF THE NORTH-EASTERN  %==«~.....
......~«==   RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, EVENTUALLY YOU   ==«~......
.......~«=     ARRIVE AT WHAT LOOKS LIKE A LARGE    =«~.......
........~«    FENCED-IN GROVE OF BIRD CHERRY AND    «~........
.........~        JUNIPER. IT'S QUITE LARGE,        ~.........
........~«     AND WILL TAKE A WHILE TO CIRCLE,     «~........
.......~«=   ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S GOT GARDENS AND  =«~.......
......~«==  WALLS STICKING OUT OF IT IN MORE THAN A ==«~......
.....~«==%      FEW PLACES. BUT KEEP GOING, AND     %==«~.....
....~«==%§   EVENTUALLY THERE'LL BE LILACS, AND A   §%==«~....
...~«==%§@            HOLE IN THE FENCE.            @§%==«~...
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.~«==%§@## GO INSIDE. WELL,  IT'S HOLLOW, AND HIDES ##@§%==«~.
..~«==%§@# A PALE SWAMP (HERONS,  MOSQUITOS).  IT'S #@§%==«~..
...~«==%§@ BRIGHTER HERE,  AND  THE  SOUNDS  OF THE @§%==«~...
....~«==%§ CITY SEEM DISTANT.  BUT THERE'S A SECOND §%==«~....
.....~«==% GROVE  INSIDE.  ZIG  ZAG BETWEEN PUDDLES %==«~.....
......~«== AND    SINKING    SHIPPING   CONTAINERS, ==«~......
.......~«= BECAUSE TOWARD THE  INNER  TREELINE  THE =«~.......
........~« GROUND     BECOMES     SOLID      AGAIN. «~........
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........~«  GO INSIDE. THIS TIME THERE'S A CRACKED  «~........
.......~«= PARKING LOT, WITH SPRINKLED DANDELIONS,  =«~.......
......~«==   LINED BY WISTERIA. EAST OF IT IS AN    ==«~......
.....~«==%  ABANDONED BUILDING, WHAT USED TO HOUSE  %==«~.....
....~«==%§     AN OLD RESTAURANT. THE PAINT IS      §%==«~....
...~«==%§@  CHIPPING, SOME WINDOWS ARE BROKEN, BUT  @§%==«~...
..~«==%§@#       THE SIGNAGE IS STILL THERE:        #@§%==«~..
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..~«==%§@#             "INDIAN PALACE".             #@§%==«~..
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